The making of telecommunications policy
By: Dick W. Olufs III.
Series: Explorations in public policy
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Telecommunication policy -- United States.
Other titles: Telecommunications policy
Description: The Making of Telecommunications Policy examines the history, politics, and impact of telecommunications policy.

Beginning with a comparison of several alternate views of the future, Olufs explains how government action makes the widespread use of some new technologies more likely than others. He details the challenges that rapid advances in communications technologies pose for policymaking institutions and considers the ways that government responds to the ideological, economic, and political interests of industry, private advocacy groups, and individuals.

Olufs discussed the recent trend toward deregulation and provides a full analysis of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, including the politics of its enactment and its long-term implications for both industry and the daily lives of citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.